Tropical Storm Beryl strengthens in the Atlantic

Tropical Storm Beryl formed on Friday, June 28, becoming the second named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season.

Beryl is a tropical storm with max winds of 50 mph and it’s moving west toward the Windward Islands. Conditions will be favorable for strengthening this weekend as it moves toward the Caribbean, where it’s forecast to become the first hurricane of the season by Sunday.

It will move through the Lesser Antilles early next week. A Hurricane Watch is in effect for Barbados.

Portions of the Windward and southern Leeward Islands could also see hurricane force conditions as Beryl moves through, bringing heavy rain, dangerous storm surge and strong winds.

It will move into the Caribbean Sea by Monday afternoon. It’s still too far out to determine if it will affect the U.S., but most models keep it to the south, eventually heading to Central America.

We’ll continue to monitor the latest tropical development. You can see other areas with development potential here.

Check to see how the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season is going so far.

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